Specimen Information

Physella acuta
Physella acuta
(Acute bladder snail)
Mollusks-Gastropods
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1524829
GroupMollusks-Gastropods
GenusPhysella
Speciesacuta
Common NameAcute bladder snail
StatePA
CountyPhiladelphia
LocalityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania [near Schuykill River]
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameSchuylkill
HUC8 Number02040203
HUC10 NameLower Schuylkill River
HUC10 Number0204020310
HUC12 NameCity of Philadelphia-Schuylkill River
HUC12 Number020402031008
Map
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Collection Year2004
Year AccuracyPublication Year
Potential Pathwayreleased aquarium | hitch hiker on aquatic plants
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:31765
Author:Ebbs, E.T., E.S. Loker, and S.V. Brant
Date:2018
Title:Phylogeography and genetics of the globally invasive snail Physa acuta Draparnaud 1805, and its potential to serve as an intermediate host to larval digenetic trematodes
Journal:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Volume:18
Issue:103
Pages:1-17
Reference 2
Ref. Number:32447
Author:Wethington, A.R., and R. Guralnick
Date:2004
Title:Are populations of physids from different hot springs discinctive lineages?
Journal:American Malacological Bulletin
Volume:19
Issue:1/2
Pages:135-144
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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